Tars
07-04-2010, 07:46 AM
"It's xenophobic and unconstitutional, but Arizona's effort to deny citizenship to the American-born children of illegal immigrants is actually a good idea -- for immigrants and natives."
Arizona's latest immigration idea makes sense
OpEd In The Week (https://theweek.com/), by Will Wilkinson
Full Article (https://theweek.com/bullpen/column/204649/arizonas-latest-immigration-idea-makes-sense)
Excerpt:
"Even as Arizona continues to distinguish itself as America's undisputed leader in hare-brained xenophobia, the state has stumbled upon a very good idea. Hot on the heels of SB 1070, the controversial Arizona law that hands cops expansive powers to detain anybody who gives off an insufficiently American vibe, Republican lawmakers in the state have set their sights on a new state law to deny citizenship to babies born on American soil whose parents lack proper papers."
Arizona's latest immigration idea makes sense
OpEd In The Week (https://theweek.com/), by Will Wilkinson
Full Article (https://theweek.com/bullpen/column/204649/arizonas-latest-immigration-idea-makes-sense)
Excerpt:
"Even as Arizona continues to distinguish itself as America's undisputed leader in hare-brained xenophobia, the state has stumbled upon a very good idea. Hot on the heels of SB 1070, the controversial Arizona law that hands cops expansive powers to detain anybody who gives off an insufficiently American vibe, Republican lawmakers in the state have set their sights on a new state law to deny citizenship to babies born on American soil whose parents lack proper papers."